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Search for decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ or ϕ meson. / The CMS collaboration.

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The CMS collaboration 2020, 'Search for decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ or ϕ meson', Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2020, no. 11, 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2020)039

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The CMS collaboration (2020). Search for decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ or ϕ meson. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020(11), [39]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2020)039

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The CMS collaboration. Search for decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ or ϕ meson. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2020 Nov;2020(11):39. doi: 10.1007/JHEP11(2020)039

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The CMS collaboration. / Search for decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ or ϕ meson. In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2020 ; Vol. 2020, No. 11.

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title = "Search for decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ or ϕ meson",
abstract = "Decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ0(770) or ϕ(1020) meson are searched for using proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at s = 13 TeV. The analysed data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. Events are selected in which the Z boson decays into a pair of electrons or a pair of muons, and the ρ and ϕ mesons decay into pairs of pions and kaons, respectively. No significant excess above the background model is observed. As different polarization states are possible for the decay products of the Z boson and ρ or ϕ mesons, affecting the signal acceptance, scenarios in which the decays are longitudinally or transversely polarized are considered. Upper limits at the 95% confidence level on the Higgs boson branching fractions into Zρ and Zϕ are determined to be 1.04–1.31% and 0.31–0.40%, respectively, where the ranges reflect the considered polarization scenarios; these values are 740–940 and 730–950 times larger than the respective standard model expectations. These results constitute the first experimental limits on the two decay channels.",
keywords = "Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Higgs physics, Particle and resonance production, BROKEN SYMMETRIES, MASSES, HIERARCHY",
author = "{The CMS collaboration} and Sirunyan, {A. M.} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and F. Ambrogi and T. Bergauer and M. Dragicevic and J. Er{\"o} and {Escalante Del Valle}, A. and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and M. Jeitler and N. Krammer and L. Lechner and D. Liko and T. Madlener and I. Mikulec and Pitters, {F. M.} and N. Rad and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and M. Spanring and S. Templ and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, {C. E.} and M. Zarucki and V. Chekhovsky and A. Litomin and V. Makarenko and {Suarez Gonzalez}, J. and Darwish, {M. R.} and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and {Di Croce}, D. and X. Janssen and T. Kello and A. Lelek and M. Pieters and {Rejeb Sfar}, H. and {Van Haevermaet}, H. and {Van Mechelen}, P. and {Van Putte}, S. and {Van Remortel}, N. and F. Blekman and Bols, {E. S.} and Chhibra, {S. S.} and J. D{\textquoteright}Hondt and {De Clercq}, J. and V. Blinov and T. Dimova and L. Kardapoltsev and I. Ovtin and Y. Skovpen",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1007/JHEP11(2020)039",
language = "English",
volume = "2020",
journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",
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T1 - Search for decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ or ϕ meson

AU - The CMS collaboration

AU - Sirunyan, A. M.

AU - Tumasyan, A.

AU - Adam, W.

AU - Ambrogi, F.

AU - Bergauer, T.

AU - Dragicevic, M.

AU - Erö, J.

AU - Escalante Del Valle, A.

AU - Frühwirth, R.

AU - Jeitler, M.

AU - Krammer, N.

AU - Lechner, L.

AU - Liko, D.

AU - Madlener, T.

AU - Mikulec, I.

AU - Pitters, F. M.

AU - Rad, N.

AU - Schieck, J.

AU - Schöfbeck, R.

AU - Spanring, M.

AU - Templ, S.

AU - Waltenberger, W.

AU - Wulz, C. E.

AU - Zarucki, M.

AU - Chekhovsky, V.

AU - Litomin, A.

AU - Makarenko, V.

AU - Suarez Gonzalez, J.

AU - Darwish, M. R.

AU - De Wolf, E. A.

AU - Di Croce, D.

AU - Janssen, X.

AU - Kello, T.

AU - Lelek, A.

AU - Pieters, M.

AU - Rejeb Sfar, H.

AU - Van Haevermaet, H.

AU - Van Mechelen, P.

AU - Van Putte, S.

AU - Van Remortel, N.

AU - Blekman, F.

AU - Bols, E. S.

AU - Chhibra, S. S.

AU - D’Hondt, J.

AU - De Clercq, J.

AU - Blinov, V.

AU - Dimova, T.

AU - Kardapoltsev, L.

AU - Ovtin, I.

AU - Skovpen, Y.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/11

Y1 - 2020/11

N2 - Decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ0(770) or ϕ(1020) meson are searched for using proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at s = 13 TeV. The analysed data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. Events are selected in which the Z boson decays into a pair of electrons or a pair of muons, and the ρ and ϕ mesons decay into pairs of pions and kaons, respectively. No significant excess above the background model is observed. As different polarization states are possible for the decay products of the Z boson and ρ or ϕ mesons, affecting the signal acceptance, scenarios in which the decays are longitudinally or transversely polarized are considered. Upper limits at the 95% confidence level on the Higgs boson branching fractions into Zρ and Zϕ are determined to be 1.04–1.31% and 0.31–0.40%, respectively, where the ranges reflect the considered polarization scenarios; these values are 740–940 and 730–950 times larger than the respective standard model expectations. These results constitute the first experimental limits on the two decay channels.

AB - Decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into a Z boson and a ρ0(770) or ϕ(1020) meson are searched for using proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at s = 13 TeV. The analysed data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. Events are selected in which the Z boson decays into a pair of electrons or a pair of muons, and the ρ and ϕ mesons decay into pairs of pions and kaons, respectively. No significant excess above the background model is observed. As different polarization states are possible for the decay products of the Z boson and ρ or ϕ mesons, affecting the signal acceptance, scenarios in which the decays are longitudinally or transversely polarized are considered. Upper limits at the 95% confidence level on the Higgs boson branching fractions into Zρ and Zϕ are determined to be 1.04–1.31% and 0.31–0.40%, respectively, where the ranges reflect the considered polarization scenarios; these values are 740–940 and 730–950 times larger than the respective standard model expectations. These results constitute the first experimental limits on the two decay channels.

KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)

KW - Higgs physics

KW - Particle and resonance production

KW - BROKEN SYMMETRIES

KW - MASSES

KW - HIERARCHY

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U2 - 10.1007/JHEP11(2020)039

DO - 10.1007/JHEP11(2020)039

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VL - 2020

JO - Journal of High Energy Physics

JF - Journal of High Energy Physics

SN - 1029-8479

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